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Party Group Source Selection
The Party Group source selection feature permits multiple rooms to engage to the selected
source when a single keypad accesses that source. This feature is used to setup “party” type
sources in several rooms when entertaining. In this application, not all sources on a keypad
need be set to party. In fact, the keypads in the zones set to party, might not have a single
party function on them. Perhaps only one keypad, (i.e. kitchen), might have a single button
(i.e. CD1) that will cause the living room, dining room, and entry foyer to engage to CD with
the kitchen. Here the kitchen CD1 button will need to access a Party Input which would be
programmed on that keypad’s button as illustrated on the previous page. The three other
rooms would need to be programmed to track that specific party group using ADA’s Suite 16
setup software (PC based software).
The Party Group source selection function is also used to make certain that several zones
turn on together and continuously track the same source. For example, if a living room, dining
room, and entry foyer require independent volume, bass and treble settings, they need to be
each their own zone. However, if these three areas are open to each other, there may be a
desire to prevent different sources from ever playing simultaneously in these zones/rooms.
As such, these rooms can be set to turn on together but never play a different source. To do
so, one of the Suite 16’s four Party Groups will need to be dedicated to this group of zones/
rooms. Each of the rooms keypads will need to be programmed so that the source buttons on
these keypads engage sources specific to that party group. Finally, in software, using the
ADA Suite 16 PC Software, all these zones/rooms will need to be set to the corresponding
party group.
Exiting Input Configuration
To exit the Input Configuration mode from the deepest level, press the < button to return from
the INPUT # to the NORMAL INPUT level. Press the < again to return to INPUT CONFIG and
following options:
NORMAL INPUT - PARTYGROUP 1 - PARTYGROUP 2 - PARTY GROUP 3 - PARTYGROUP 4
Source Control
To advance to the SOURCE CNTRL option press the << or >> button until the display reads:
SOURCE CNTRL
Then press the > button. The display will read IR LEARNER. To advance to one of the
following, press the >> or << buttons. To return to the previous level, press the < button.
IR LEARNER - ADA TUNER - SPECIAL CD - LVI - NO FUNCTION
The above five options refer to the various source control options that are built into the MC-
6000 keypad. By moving the >> or << so that the display reads IR LEARNER, you are ready
to lock in sources to an IR LEARNER port. Press > to select the IR LEARNER while it is
displayed.
The NO FUNCTION permits you to have a source button perform no transport functions at
all. To do this, while NO FUNCTION is displayed, press the source button. The display will
confirm NONE OK.
